Cigarette package and method of making the same



Sept. 20, 1938. L. M. LARsl-:N 2,130,984

CIGARETTE PACKAGE AND METHOD 0F MAKING THE SAME Filed Jan. 2l, 1957 iKMUW lNVENTOR M s M l M Patented sepa zo, lass- CIGARETTE PACKAGE AND METHOD F MAKING THE SAltIE I Louis M. Larsen, Rutherford, N. J., assignor to nlierchemical Corporation, a corporation of o d A Appuuon January 21, 1937, serial No. 121,560

` the tobacco, and thus give the cigarettes an vobjectionable, foreign odor. The practice has been to subject the print'edinner wrappers to extended drying periods in' an attempt to completely remove any odor of the linseed oil vehicles of the printing inks. However, this is troublesome,

expensive, time consuming and not always entirely successful, for traces of the odor tend to remain even after lengthy drying periods.

This disadvantage-may be avoided by coloring the inner wrapper with av composition consisting of pigment, a normallysolid binding material, and a volatile solvent for said binding material, the compositionv being free from drying oils which impart an ,objectionable odor to l the contents of the package. 'However, the probvlem is complicated bythe fact that in the usual method Aoi'. sealing theI "Ce11ophane outer wrapper the binding material appears to be softened,l

` thus smearing the color of the inner wrapper. I have discovered that it is possible to avoid,

on the one hand, the disadvantage of sealingl odorous materials in the package, and on. the other hand, the undesired smearing, by employing asl the normally solid binding material, a

binder whichis soluble in the solvent of the' coloring composition applied to the inner wrapy per, and whichis insoluble in solvents for Cellophane". In the accompanying drawing there is illustrated diagrammatically a method accord- 40 ing to the present invention. The binders which I have found to be particularly satisfactory are 'synthetic alkyd resins (made from phthalic anhydride, glycerine and a drying oil) and polymerized oleilnes. An example of the first type of resin is given below in the specific example; ex-

amples oi the second type of resin are Santo resin, which is a resin obtained by polymerization of oleflnes obtained from petroleum products, such ascracked gasoline sludges, manufactured. by Monsanto Chemical Corporation, and

Vinsol resin, which is polymerlzed terpene hydrocarbon resin, manufactured by Hercules Powder Company.

The solvent which I prefer to employ is a petroleum fraction. boiling between 270 C. and

315 C., and consisting of saturated, aliphatic hydrocarbons free from sulphur compounds and other substances having a disagreeable odor. Such solvents are of sufficiently low vapor pressure tov permit printing of Wrappers on'ordi- 5 nary typographic presses, without the ink drying on the press, and thus -gumming the type. Another suitable solvent is butyl carbitol acetate.

`In this manner, it is possible to heat the co1- ored wrappers and thus rapidly drive oil the solvent, so that the outer wrapper of Cellophane can at once be applied, all without the danger of sealing within the package any substances which might impart an objectionable odor to the tobacco. The coloring composition on the inner wrapper thus consists of a normally solid binder which secures the pigment to the paper, and which is not smeared during the sealing of the Cellophane outer Jacket.

While I do not wish to be limited to any particular theory of operation, the present invention apparently obviates the tendency of sol- .vents, such as methyl cellosolve, which are often employed to assist in sealing the Cellophane", from attacking and softening the coloring composition on the inner wrapper.

By way of a specific example, I may employ a mixture of about 15 parts of pigment (carbon black and iron blue), about 21/2 parts of cobalt dryer, about 20 parts of a resin such as Rezyl No. 1097-14, which is an alkyd resin made by 'American Cyanamide Company and about 20 parts of a solvent mixture containing equal parts of butyl carbitol acetate and a petroleum solvent Vsuch asthat marketed by the Gulf Oil Company and having a boiling range of about 270-305 C., known as mineral seal oil No. 896, all the parts being given by weight. The inner wrappenwhich has been colored with this composition, may then be heated to rapidly drive oi! the volatilizable solvent, after which the paper may be made in the usual way, and Athe Cellophane wrappers applied, without the disadvantages mentioned.

By way of another example, I may employ a mixture of about 25 parts of suitable pigment, about 38 parts of Santo resin, about 38 parts of Absorbent Oil A, which is a highly reiined petroleum distillate composed substantially entirely of saturated hydrocarbons and which is manu- 50 factured by the Atlantic Refining Company, and

having a boiling range of 255 C.30 C., and 1 part of,fSyncra wax, which is-a nongranulating hydrocarbon wax.

It will be understood that the proportions and 55 ingredients mentioned may be varied within the spirit of the invention.

The terms and expressions which have been employed are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and there is no intention, in

the use of such terms and expressions, oi ex cluding any .equivalents of the features shown and described, or portions thereof, but it is recognized that various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention claimed.

What I claim is: The method of manufacturing a cigarette package which comprises applying to an inner wrapper A cERTFIcATEoF CORRECTION. Patent No. 2,150,98LL, september 2o, 1958.

LOUIS M. l LARSEN.

It is hereby 'certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as. follows: Page l, second coluinn,v line )4,1, for the word "paper" read packages; and that the said Let- 'ters Patent should be read with this correction thereinthat the' vsame may conform to the record of the case in the Patent 0ffice.

Signed and sealed this 29thday of November, A. D. 1958.

Henry Van Arsdale (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents; 

